Price indicator



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G- B. CLOUGH j PRICE INDICATOR Filed Feb. 23 1922 V21 v I ATTO EvPatented May 1, 1923.

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GEORGE E. cnoueng, or lineinnit," oonivnoriourr;

y lemon menswea Application filed. February 23, 1922. Serialire-538,446.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, 'GEORGE citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Meriden, county of New Haven, and Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful lmp'rovenients'inPrice Indicators, of whichthe following is aspecificai 'intendedthat thecard will be left 'Iin" place within the flanges 9, so that theinscription' thereon mayv be readily seen tion.

This invention relates to improvements'in 10 price indicators, and moreespecially to indicating means for designating the price: of gasoline. 7

An object of the invention is to providea suitable indicating device foruse at automobile or gasoline service stations to clearly show 'theprice of gasoline per gallon.

Another-object of the invention is to provide a price indicating devicefor gasoline stations, whichwill be so constructed, that any.combination B. CLoUoH, a

digits may be quickl formed, toishowth e price of gasoline or 011' atthe time the purchase .is'made.

provide a suitable price indicating device 5 for gasoline servicestations which will be simple, cheap to manufacture," and highlyefiicient and durable in use. i

a With these and other objects in view, there has been illustrated inthe accompanying drawings one form in which the invention may beconveniently embodied {in practice. In the accompanying drawings whichconstitute a part of the application, v

Fig l is a perspective view of the price indicating device, showing'theseveral-parts in knocked-down position.

Fig, 2 is a perspective it in closed or assembled position.

is' 'provided with coil springs pressing-said-franie.11 against thebackwall tangular openings 6 and 7 These openings.

Gland/7 are-covered by glass plates $,-and theopeiiing 7iextends=belowtheio'penings 6 and is provided: at its upper and-lower edges withangular flanges 9; 9i card 10 is adapted to slide into theflanges 9 andhas printed:

thereon Per gallon including tax?; a It is through the front of theopening 7 ported'on a rod v between the side walls of the casing land13-for norinally- '12, which rod is pivoted ofthecasingl. The frame 11.is preferably formed from a single piece of sheet metal, and has its'si'desand bottoni'bent "over to forrnangular flanges l'rand 15.Adjacentthe central. portions of said. frame,"'and V I stamped upwardlythereforin'are oppositely A further object of the invention is to Iextending angular cars 16,- 16*.

- two packs or" sets of digit cards 17 are pro-i 'vided." These packsofdigitcards are de- I tachablyheld in place in the two parts of the.frame or holder 11 by 'ni'eans of the flan es-14, 7,1,5, andje'ars16,116, so that the.

digit bn'the" front card ofea ch pack will bef visible";through thefront openings 6 jofuthe cover 4; ""Each pack is' provided with cards:whose digits "run from-0 to 9; and each card view taken" from" therearof the indicating device, showing Fig. 3 isaf perspective view"ofthe 'at taching nieans for the same.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of thedevice. Like characters of referenceare used throughout the several views to designate ing aredependingclips or hinges 2, which cooperate with like members 3, on acover 4,

the same being held inoperative position by means of a pivot pin 5.

The cover 4 is of the same general shape as the casing 1, and isprovided with rechas an index tab on its upper edge which correspondswithijthe largecligits printed?? thereon. A g

rooved or; dove-tailed socket member I 18 is attached, totheback-ofthecasing l in'any suitable manner, as by'bolts 718 This:

J socket r'ne'iriber 18 is adapted to receive a wedge portioi'ii 19which may be secured to a post" ,or positioned in any other suitableplace near a gasolinefilling station;

In order to detachably lock the cover 4' to the casing 1, a threadedbolt 20 is .pivotally connected to a block in a U-clip 21 .on

the cover.

,In operation, assuming that-the indicating A thumb nut 22 threaded onthe Y vbolt 20 serves to hold the cover firmly to g the reading.

device is in closed position, when it is desired to change the readingof the price of gasoline, it will only be necessary to unscrew the thumbnut 22, and open the cover at by grasping the knob 23. The frame or cardholder 11 may then be swung out against the tension of the springs 13 tothe position shown in Fig. 1, and the desired cards placed at the frontof each pack, thereby correcting As soon as the holder is released, itwill snap back under the influence of the springs 13 into positionagainst the rear wall of the casing. The cover 4 may then be closed andlocked.

It will be understood that this device may be made in any desired sizeor shape, and that it may be used for advertising any desired materialsincluding alcohol, oils, etc., but it is preferably used in connectionWith the selling of gasoline.

Many minor changes in details of construction may be resorted to Withoutdeparture from the spirit of the invention.

While there has been disclosed in this 'specification one form in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form isshown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention isnot to be limited to the specific disclosure but may hemodified andembodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. Inshort, the invention includes all the modifications and embodimentscoming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, andfor which'it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. An indicator comprising a casing, a perforated cover hinged to saidcasing, a card holder hinged within said casing, tensioning means forsaid card holder operating to force said card holder against saidcasing, and a plurality of digit cards within said holder.

2.-An indicator comprising a casing, a cover hinged to said casing. saidcover having a perforation, a card holder hingedwithin said casing, saidholder having a plurality of intermediate oppositely directed upstanding flanges a pack of digit cards carried by said holder and positivelyheld within said flanges, so that the face of said pack will registerwith the perforation in the cover,

same in closed position.

whereby any desired number may be displayed through the cover.

4. An 1nd1cator compnsmg a casing. a

card holder hinged therein, a spring operating to force said card holderagainst said casing, a cover hinged to said casing. said cover having anopening, a plurality oi packs of digit cards carried by saidliolderadapted to register with and show through the opening of the cover, andmeans carried by the casing and cover for locking the 5. A priceindicator comprising a casing.

a card holder hinged therein. a cover hinged to said casing, a pluralityof packs of di t cards carried by said holder, tensioning means forforcing the holder against said casing, means for locking the casing-vand cover together, and attaching means ried by the casing whereby saidindicator may be secured to any desired object. o

.6. A price indicator for gasoline stations. comprising a box having'acasino, a cover digit cards carried by.

car-i pivoted to said casing, and meansfor car-1.

rying a plurality of packs of index cards" pivoted within said box andvisible through said cover for displaying digits representmg the prlce,said ,means having a spring connected therewith for forcin said means;

against said casing.

7. A price indicator for gasoline, alcohol, 011 and the like compr singa water-proof receptacle, one'side of said receptaclehavmg digits beingvisible through the transparent portion of the receptacle, said meansbeing spring-pressed to hold it against said casing. In testimonywhereof, I have aflixed my signature to this specification.

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a transparent portion, and means for carrying two packs of indexcardspivoted within said receptacle for displaying CllgltS. said

